Ornamented candle



J. E. BRINKER AND C. P. McNEIL.

ORNAMENTED CANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED-JULY 20,1921.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922;

. thest'ock of which may Or'rnaynot contain 4 stearicijacid; A suitable candleis one con- Patented se t 19 2 Tes PAT-"gar mm,

m'ssn'rt Barnum Amman-s r. ivrmarn, oFLwnrT-ING, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS r0 scrmenp on. COMPANY, OEWHITING,

INDIANA, A coRPoRA'rIo- OF. INDIANA.

ORNAMENTEDCANDLE.

Application fil ed July Be. it knownthat we, Jessi: Barnum: and CLAUDE P.-'MoNnin citizens of the Un t-' Whiting, in the, couningis a'specificationg' he present invention relates to-theman-Y.

.ufactu're of ornamentedcan dles and will be .fully. understood vfromflthe following 'de scripti'on, illustrated by' 'the accompanying.

drawings, in which':

Fig. 1 is an .e-levationi'n the initial stage of the-ornamenting method, d

. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the ornamented candles.

In carrying out the present-invention, the candle selected for ornamentation may. be

an ordinary white'or colored paraflincandle,

taining"j% of stearic -.acid and having'a melting; point of 123-to"123;5? .F. Colored dips are. prepared, these being melted masses .o'f-w-a'xbolored by means' of suitable pig-- ,ments or dyes; The dip may-vary greatly coating or. d p of afdontrasting' and harmoin composition, consisting largely of'parafiin wax, .to which othenwaxes, such asstearlc' so" I a'y be added. ,lfihasfbeen-found'lthat the:

acid, beeswax, carnauba wax and the like desired effects hereinafter described may be "most s uccessfullyobtained 'and most readily controlledfby-supplying in the dip a small proportion of 'carnauba wax, say 0.5 to 5%. A- "very efiefictive I dip v.composition'for the purpose of. the present invention has: beenfound to contain 39% of'parafiin wax, 39%

of 'stear'io acid,' '19 l 5% of beeswax; and 2.5% of carnauba wax. To this suifi'cient dye 1s.

.. added to produce the desired color, the

' am'ountof .dye rarely exceeding 1%. 'Such dips have a melting point of 117 to 120'F. The colors of the sever'aldips usedare suitably harmonizing and blending colors; The dips aremaintained at the desired tem-.

. peratures. above theiri melting points, pref.-

e'ably. at175:"to"2l)0 F; by any suitable .means such ass'team baths. The candle to be ornamented, for example, a white candle. of the chara'cter'above described, is suspended by the wick' and dipped into one. of the colored dips If withdrawn almost imme-- diately, say within a second, the" candle will be completely and substantially uniformly 921; SeriahNo. 458,946.

.covered with the co1o'red dip material. In

"dle'and 6 the applied coatingor-dip. The

slipped coating or dip, under these conditions, tends to be" moreyor'fless irregular,

forming humps and tears. This. phenomenon 1s hereinafter designatedfthe slip of the dip. By suitably.controllingitlm period of immersion the amount. of sl p may be. controlled, and may be made sosmall as to expose only relatively'fine' lines of the candle material, being then specifically desig nated asichecking. In the present specification. and cla'ims'thisterm is included in the generic expression slipping.

' After the first slipped ,coatingor diphas.

been appliedto the candle and at least; partly congealed, it is dipped into-a second tions of'thel candle, and blends' with the color of the. first dip. This blending is more or..less aregular' as the surface of the first slippedQcoating ismore or.less

inglto flow'ofl the elevations in the first coating and-to collect in hollows and.

lustrated-in .Fig. 2, the areas'fi being those covered'by the first dip, as in Fig. 1, and

the areas '5 those covered by the second dip.

If 'clesired, the: second dip may likewise be caused to slip anda third'dip applied, or as-many additional dips applied as desired. Furthermore, the ornamentation may be complete when the firstslipped toating of colored waxhas been applied, or the successi-ve dips may be ofthe same color, whereby irregular colorings of diflerentdepthof v tone are produced.

' The temperature of the (lips may be as low as 150 F., but tenlporaturcs above 160 regular, the' color of the second clip tendunder ledges. The resulting candle is 'il- .4

- companying claims.

F. and preferably vof 175 to-i200 F. are preferred, as with lower temperatures the production of'slipping of the coating re- -quires longer time and is less readily con trolled.

Although? the present invention has i been described in connection with the details-of specifioillustrations of its use, it is not intended that these details shall'be regarded as limitations upon the scope of theinveng tion, except in so far as included in the ac- We claim: 4- 1. The method of 'ornamenting candles which comprises immersing'a candle in a molten colored dip fora period such that the coating of dip slips on Withdrawal of which comprises "immersing a candle in a' inolten'colore'd dip 'containing"O.'-5'-t o 5% carnaubawaxat-a temperature o'f175 to 200 for a period such that 'thefcoating of dip slips on withdrawal of thecandle.

The method of ornamenting candles which comprises immersing a candle in a molten colored dip for a period 'suchthat the coating of dip slips on withdrawal of the candle, immersing the dippedf'candle into a second molten colored dip and with-- drawing it therefrom. I

which-comprises immersing} a candle in a molten colored-dip containing 0.5 to 5% ored 'dip composition and removing it therefrom.

8, An ornamented, finished candle having an initial carnauha 'w x fai a periodgreater than'that necessary for-producing a uniform coating of the dip whereby upon withdrawal of the candle, the dip-coating slips, and immersing the dipped candle into a second molte'nifcolored dip and. withdrawing ittherefrom.,'

6 The method of ornamentinggcandles 'carnauba wax at aitemperature of 1175 to 2009 'for'a period greater thanthatfneces- ,"which comprises immersing 'a'- candle in a,

molten colored dip containing. 0.5 to"5%- sary for producingauniform coating. of the.

' dip, whereby upon withdrawal of the candle, the dip coating slips, immersing thedippe'd ,5 candle into asecond molten colored withdrawing it-therefrom. 4

.-7. The method of ornamenting-Ucandles Which comprises immersing a candle in a I [molten colored dip, the stock of which consists of 39% paraffin wax, 39% ste'aric acid,

19.5% beeswaxand 2.5% carnaubawax, at

to for a period such that the coating of dip slips on withdrawalof the candle, immersing the clipped candle into a colof harmonizing color and of like colored wax. p 9.- An ornamented, finished candle having an initialirregular,slipped coating of irregular, slipped coating .of

colored wax and-anoverlaying coating of- ;c olored Wax. v 10; An ornamented, finished candlehavan initial irregular, slipped ,coating of colored wax and an overlaying coating: of v, wax of harmonizing, contrasting color. 5. The method of ornamentingcandles JESSEQEQ BRINKER, QLAUDERQMQNEIL. 

